Thank you so much, Chair.
Maybe I'll start with Ms. Sullivan from Food and Beverage Canada. It's good to see you before our committee again.
With respect to the labour problems that you very clearly outlined for us, those are very stark figures. Even for someone who has been on this committee for four years, and who has seen this perennial problem, those are pretty brutal.
In my region, we saw housing prices go up anywhere from 30% to 40%. I want to get a sense from you on whether your members are doing any kind of surveys amongst the labour force. What are workers reporting back to you about the cost of living? Are they even able to afford to live in the regions where the work is? I know that a lot of people would love to work, but they also have to judge other things in their life, like their housing costs, their transportation costs, etc.
Can you maybe link that in? This doesn't exist in a silo. It has to be linked to other things as well.